Trumpet-necked storage jar

From JapanYayoi period
(about 300 BC - 30 AD)

Red pottery from early
Japan

This large jar has a rounded base which was
pushed into the ground during use. It is decorated with a
cord-pattern relief moulding at the join of the neck, demonstrating
the persistence of Jōmon decorative effects into the Yayoi period.
It also has the distinctive combed wave patterns of the Yayoi
period around the outside of the rim and an impressive natural ash
glaze.